Thirty percent of California public school facilities are made of portable buildings. Portable classrooms are uninspiring and inadequate spaces for learning, reflective of a cultural indifference for the education of ...

Today, more than 900,000 patients in the United States live with end-stage renal disease, with many more suffer from poor renal regeneration1. Current methods commonly use synthetic tissue-engineered constructs to deliver ...

Materials for energy storage have become increasingly important in the modern world as alternatives to petrochemical energy sources. Although technology such as lithium-ion batteries and solid oxide fuel cells are in ...

In the field of silicon photonics, it has only recently become possible to build complex systems. As system power constraints and complexity increase, design margins will decrease--making understanding device noise performance ...

Tubas are instruments that are used primarily in classical (a term used broadly in this instance) settings. While wind bands, orchestras, marching bands, and brass ensembles have consistently held need for the tuba, the ...

Through the years, immigration to the United States has significantly increased. Immigrants have been drawn to this country by attractive wages and pushed by the poverty in their home countries. Today, immigrant minority ...

A few reports have suggested that marijuana exposure during gestation may produce a recognizable facial appearance that is similar to the face of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). A previous study has demonstrated that the ...

Transtibial amputees have a variety of suspension systems available to them. One of the more common systems uses a locking pin to create a mechanical connection to their prosthesis. For those using a locking pin, it is ...

Tremendously useful insights for the design and development of nano-scale systems, e.g. photovoltaics devices, can be gained from studying molecular process and reactions using \textit{ab initio} electronic dynamics, i.e. ...

Research shows a strong support to develop more effective transitions to ensure continuity between schools but little agreement on exactly what transition strategies to implement to promote success. The purpose of this ...

This body of work is focused on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) – devices that interpret brain activity in order to generate artificial output. BCIs have a great deal of promise in both rehabilitative and commercial ...

The major challenge facing neonatal health care providers today is to combine the necessary technological intensive care for preterm infants with a sensitive and individualized approach to facilitate neurobehavioral ...

Background: The Youth Quality of Life – Deafness and Hard of Hearing (YQoL-DHH) module measures DHH-specific quality of life in adolescents across three domains – Participation, Self-Acceptance/Advocacy, and Perceived ...

Pollution of water and sediments in and along the Port of Tacoma, WA, has resulted from the historic discharge of chlorinated solvents and caustic materials from the former Occidental Chemical Corporation (OCC) Facility. ...

Since the first Bristol Bay Limited Entry salmon permits were issued in 1975, many have been sold to non-local residents, resulting in declining numbers of permits held by local residents and eroding the economic base for ...

Purpose: To determine the overall survival rate of primary teeth treated with interim therapeutic restoration (ITR) in pediatric patients, to identify the variables that are associated with the success rate of interim ...

Satellite telemetry systems provide wildlife researchers with a valuable tool for tracking species that range over large distances or inhabit remote or inaccessible terrain, such as wolverines (<italic>Gulo gulo<italic>) ...